Faculty

Ford, Allen

Ford, Allen

Larry D. Horner/KPMG Peat Marwick Teaching Professor of Professional Accounting

315-C Summerfield Hall
University of Kansas, School of Business
1300 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045-7601
P: (785) 864-7523

aford@ku.edu

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Education

PhD University of Arkansas
Masters University of Arkansas
Bachelors Centenary College

Academic Areas

Accounting and Information Systems

Interests

  • Taxation: individual, corporate, partnership, S corporation, gift and estate tax
  • Tax incentives for economic development
  • Tax policy

Current Activities

Active in professional organizations such as the American Taxation Association and the American Accounting Association.

Selected Publications

Co-author of Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation, annually since 1989.


"What's the Tax Rate on Collectibles Gain?"  Tax Notes,  March 1, 2010, co-authored with David S. Hulse and Thomas R. Pope, pp. 1-6.


"How to Make Decisions on Tax Increment Financing" State Tax Notes, Volume 49, Number 8, August 25, 2008, pp. 543-553.


"The Dreaded Kiddie Tax," Journal of Accountancy, July 2007, Vol. 204, Number 1, pp. 55-60 co-authored with Heidi L. Hydeman, BKD.


 "The Proper Charge to Capital:  Jarvis and Its Implications," The Journal of the American Taxation Association, co-authored with John R. Robinson, Summer 1981, pp. 5-10.


"Travel Expenses for a Visiting Professor," The Accounting Review, April 1975, pp. 338-344.


"Cost Assignment to Conversion Value," The Accounting Review, October 1969,  pp, 818-822.





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